Literary Quote of the Day

Zebra Question


I asked the zebra,
Are you black with white stripes?
Or white with black stripes?
And the zebra asked me,
Are you good with bad habits?
Or are you bad with good habits?
Are you noisy with quiet times?
Or are you quiet with noisy times?
Are you happy with some sad days?
Or are you sad with some happy days?
Are you neat with some sloppy ways?
Or are you sloppy with some neat ways?
And on and on and on and on 
And on and on he went.
I'll never ask zebra
About stripes
Again.


~ Shel Silverstein, A Light In the Attic

Literary Quote of the Day

"We, too, born to freedom, and believing in freedom, are willing to fight to maintain freedom. We, and all others who believe as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees."  


~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Literary Quote of the Day

As children frightened by a thunder-cloud
Are reassured if some one reads aloud
A tale of wonder, with enchantment fraught,
Or wild adventure, that diverts their thought,
Let me endeavor with a tale to chase
The gathering shadows of the time and place,
And banish what we all too deeply feel
Wholly to say, or wholly to conceal. 


~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Literary Quote of the Day

"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.  Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

~ Roald Dahl

Literary Quote of the Day

"I love sleep.  My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?"


~ Ernest Hemingway